#A9B3CD#A9B3CD

#A9B3CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.039 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B3CD
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(223, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, 1.93, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 14.44, 277.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0008 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.039 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4991, 45.0822, 64.1557)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B3CD #CDC3A9

analogous

#A9C5CD #A9B3CD #B1A9CD

triadic

#A9B3CD #CDA9B3 #B3CDA9

tetradic

#A9B3CD #CDA9C5 #CDC3A9 #A9CDB1

square

#A9B3CD #CDA9C5 #CDC3A9 #A9CDB1

split-complementary

#A9B3CD #CDB1A9 #C5CDA9

monochromatic

#5C6F9F #8291B6 #A9B3CD #D0D5E3 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#A9B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B3CD

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B3CD	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.039 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c9dc',
    500: '#a9b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b3cd;
$custom-light: #c3c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76741,
    "c": 0.03885,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B3CD

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8940A5

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B3CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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